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roseembolism) wrote2008-08-20 11:13 am
roseembolism) wrote2008-08-20 11:13 am
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WARNING! New G-Mail hack, and simple way to defend yourself
For the G-mail users out there, a new warning has come out regarding a security flaw in G-mail. According to the article in Hacking Truths, this can allow hackers to steal your Google ID and access your mail. Fortunately, the solution is very simple and just requires a setting change.
Log into Gmail account.
Go to Settings (top of the page next to username).
Go to the last entry in the settings page: set it to "Always use https".
Click Save and you're safe.
Alternately, you can connect to gmail using https://mail.google.com, which will set it to the secure SSL version.
Log into Gmail account.
Go to Settings (top of the page next to username).
Go to the last entry in the settings page: set it to "Always use https".
Click Save and you're safe.
Alternately, you can connect to gmail using https://mail.google.com, which will set it to the secure SSL version.